If you were born on a different continent, or just a different country, where would you wish you were born?

BTW, you're still you in this poll, your ethnicity doesn't change.

Would you wish you were born in South Korea/Japan? A highly competetive society, with low criminal rates, a big emphasis on honor/shame, but overcongestion.

Or Somewhere Tropical, where people in general are poorer, but live laid back, care free lives.

Maybe you wish you were born in Germany because their attention to detail is the reason they never entered the recession, and why they have such a strong economy, and speed limit-less roads, with better drivers.

Maybe you wish you lived in the USA, with there patriotic attitudes, cheap gas/products, and loosly restricted freedom, but extreme debt, racism, and obesity.

Or someplace with more culture, like Italy or France, where lunch is a 2 hour break where all stores close, and the only important products, are fashion products.

Maybe you prefer Northern Europe (Finland, Sweden or Denmark), or Canada, a good mix with a strong economy like with Germany/Japan, but at the cost of colder winters, and little to no military force.

Do you like Eastern Europe with their love for strong alcohol, and..... well heck I'm EE and I dunno what we're known for.

Maybe you want to live somewhere like China, which will likely be the future headquarters of most manufacturers, and me the world's largest market for well, anything, but at the cost of overpopulation, and pollution.

Do you want to live in South America, where the beaches are rated to have the most beautiful women, the parties are insane, but the criminal/drug rates are high?

Or somewhere Else (Please tell me where).



Please, don't just pick a place because that's where your favorite types of women are, be serious.

See the sister Thread - What Country are you Glad you don't live in? 

I originally made a second thread for Round 2, but there aren't many voters. So I'm going to refresh this thread's poll with Round 2 entries.

Results of Round 1:

61 - Northern Europe/Canada
32 - USA/UK
32 - Somewhere Else
25 - South Korea/Japan
22 - Germany
11 - Italy/France/Spain
6 - China
6 - South America (Brazil)
5 - Eastern Europe
5 - Tropics

I picked Northern Europe/ Canada because i love the cold winters anyway, and snow is something of a rare feature in the UK normally. Plus there economies are doing better than many developed countries and they don't waste money intervening in conflicts all the time. Jobs are not so scarce there, and they often have social benefits like free healthcare at least in Canada anyway. I know education is completely free in Finland anyway.

I live in the USA so I don't envy any other country. There are plenty I'd love to visit though. I'm currently planning a trip to Japan. I do wish the USA had entire districts dedicated to technology and nerd culture, but that's pretty minor and the internet has made getting nerdy stuff so easy it doesn't really matter.

Every country that has faster internet then me!

I fail to understand the logic.

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Getting interesting results from both threads. People seem to envy countries with better economies (Germany, Japan, Northern Europe, Canada, South Korea) and dislike high profile, high population, and politically hostile countries (USA/UK and China).

Guess Cold is good, and too many opinions are not.

Envy?No. But admiration .. Yes. Scandinavian countries, especially Norway. Boss healthcare system.

I'll spell it out for you then. I live in the United States of America which while not flawless has everything I want so I do not feel any need to move to another nation. I think after work I'll go target shooting, then have some Burger King, watch Star Wars and play some Halo 4. It's good to be an American.

Like I said I've love to visit many other nations, but I'll always come back to the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Play ball!

i agree to that. i dont envy other countries either. In fact I never thought about a question like this threat. :X

You make it sound as if no other country has Burger King, or they can't watch Star Wars or play Halo :P And you're not the only country to be the home of the free and the brave :P We in Sweden enjoy everything that you listed, plus free healthcare, free education and less school massacres... And we haven't been to war for almost 200 years. That's almost as long as the US has existed...

And the OP makes it out as something negative that we don't have a larger military force? Why should we have that? As I said above, we haven't been in war for almost 200 years (next year it the anniversary!!), so that's actually a pro, not a con imo...

But I can envy the US for it's very large scoop; you can swim in the tropics, drive through the desserts and go hiking in the dense woods. That's kinda wonderful. And all the Mediterranean countries has such a long history and wonderful weather; what's not to like about that?!

This thread is not about dumping on other counties. I'm not going to criticize any nations. I don't want to live in Sweden. It does not appeal to me. I'm sure you like it, but I don't want to live there. I'd like to visit one day.

That list was an example of American culture. The burger is American as well as Hollywood blockbusters and my favorite game series. I have healthcare, we both pay for it, you just do it with taxes and I received an education, first half paid with taxes.

BTW, I'm sure your European neighbors will send a congratulations card for your 200 years of peace while they morn the heroes they lost in WWI and WWII. That's not a criticism of Sweden it's just odd to me to celebrate remaining neutral when faced with such rampant evil. Different cultures believe different things to be important. As an American I have American values and you have Swedish values.

This isn't a competition or an excuse to trash other nations. The OP asked what countries you envy, not which countries to you despise. I mealy said that I want nothing more than I can already get from the USA.

I'm very happy with my country and don't want it to change so I can keep going target shooting, eating American food, watching American blockbusters, enjoying American video games, playing American sports, and enjoying the outdoors thanks to biggest and best national parks program in the world. American is big, varied, beautiful, fun, and free. Just the way I like it and I'm not looking for anything more or less.

I just hope I don't live long enough to see it change.